The Democratic Socialist Electoral League was a minor Australia

Australia

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n political party that operated from 1998 until its voluntary deregistration in 2001. It supported a broadly socialist platform.

Policy

The Democratic Socialist Electoral League espoused a left-wing position on most issues, including privatisation, the environment, immigration

Immigration

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 and civil rights

Civil rights

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. The party also had a comprehensive preferencing arrangement, supporting the Greens

Australian Greens

The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is an Australian green political party.The party was formed in 1992; however, its origins can be traced to the early environmental movement in Australia and the formation of the United Tasmania Group , the first Green party in the world, which...

 and some other left-wing groups. It differentiated itself from the Greens by claiming that the latter had no clear economic policy. It supported Labor

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 over the Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Australia

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, and was particularly opposed to the rise of One Nation.

The party had links to the Marxist Democratic Socialist Perspective

Democratic Socialist Perspective

The Democratic Socialist Perspective was an Australian Marxist political group, which operated as the largest component of a broad-left socialist formation, the Socialist Alliance...

, which, after the DSEL's deregistration, contested elections as part of the Socialist Alliance

Socialist Alliance (Australia)

The Socialist Alliance was founded in 2001 as an alliance of socialist organisations and individuals in Australia, initiated by the Democratic Socialist Perspective and the International Socialist Organisation along with 6 other founding socialist organisations, to create greater left unity in the...

.

See also

• Democratic Socialist Perspective
  Democratic Socialist Perspective
  The Democratic Socialist Perspective was an Australian Marxist political group, which operated as the largest component of a broad-left socialist formation, the Socialist Alliance...
  
  
• Socialist Alliance (Australia)
  Socialist Alliance (Australia)
  The Socialist Alliance was founded in 2001 as an alliance of socialist organisations and individuals in Australia, initiated by the Democratic Socialist Perspective and the International Socialist Organisation along with 6 other founding socialist organisations, to create greater left unity in the...